Bespoke Garden Design Plan

A planting plan drawn to scale for your garden, designed with you over three private calls with Claire Donovan. You receive the drawing, a plant list with quantities and sources, and a seasonal care calendar, so you or a landscaper can plant it without guesswork. It’s for people who want a designed garden and are ready to plant it themselves or hire the work out.

The first call is the brief: how you use the garden, what you want to see from the kitchen window, what stays, and how many hours a month you’ll give it. Claire then draws a layout and a plant palette for your zone, soil and light, and in the second call you go through it together and decide what changes. The third call walks through the finished plan: spacing, quantities, what to plant first and how to water it the first year. After that you get one round of revisions.

It’s a planting plan, not a construction set. Patios, walls, grading and irrigation appear as areas on the drawing, and a contractor will size, price and, where needed, permit them. With a plan in hand, landscapers’ quotes become comparable, because everyone is pricing the same thing. The plan covers one garden area, such as a backyard or a front yard; for a larger property, email us before buying.